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July 2024 Vol. 61 No. 11

The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Law joins a long tradition of excellence found in other handbooks in the series. The editors developed a handbook with the most important sections (for example, Criminal and Civil Forensic Psychology, and Consultation and Intervention) and found a variety of experts from research and professional practice to complete the chapters in each section. This comprehensive resource does as the cover blurb suggests: it “fills the void,” so there now is a “comprehensive resource that provides coverage of the major topic areas in the psychology-law field.” Though the volume is likely too expansive to be used as a text in a forensic psychology or psychology and the law course, it certainly would be a needed addition to the library of materials available to such programs and would be a “must have” for faculty. The writing is concise and well researched, and the contributing authors do a very sound job of blending research, theory, and application so that the researcher or practitioner can find much of value in the work.

--R. E. Osborne, Texas State University

Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.